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Jon Henley examines what France makes of the UK’s decision to leave the EU: what’s their strategy for dealing with it and is it the case that they – perish the thought – hope to benefit from it? What the French think matters, obviously, not just because their voice is one of the more important in Europe – especially under its energetic and unashamedly pro-European president Emmanuel Macron – but also because France is, for most Brits, where “foreign” begins.read more

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